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Want Mothers to Be Home Guests on Mother's Day *Mothers, how woulId You like to be the guests of your Girl. Scout daugh- ters at dinner in your own bornes ,Sunday,. May 10? Thé national organization of Girl Scouts has suggested to he quarter of a million ýgirls within its, ranks, that they make Mother's Day this year a day of rest'and recreation for mothers. Mrs. Ida Bailey Allen,, presidnt the National Radio Home-)ILkers'* club of the Columbia» Broadcasting Company, will give Girl, Scouts a menu for Mother's Day dinner during her chat program on Thursday morn- ing, May 7,.at ten o'clock. This pro-, Wram 'illb odcast frorn Station WAC fin New York over a ~ntional hook-up. It has been suggested that Girl Scouts present some little gif t to their mothers on May 10; that they gather fiowers from their o wn gardens wherever this is possible, and ffake their homes attractive wlien they act as hostesses to their eiders. 1Suggestions Jor the afternoon ini- clude tea parties that might be ýgiven in Girl Scout "Little Houses" oe -troop meeting places. In communities where there are no regular meeting places some of thé Girl Scouts are planning to give a Mother's Day-tea in the home of one of the members of the troop. Girls e~o have won their house- ,keeper's menit badge* know that Èakes* for* their parties. may be baked the day before and that sandwiches may' b. prepared i n advance and kept fr esh if they, are *properly wrapped and' kept in the ice box. Girls Who have' won théir hostess badge have learned how to lay the -table> daintiiy, and1 how to preside gracefully wben thecir. guests arrive. Girl Scout mothers -are advised to make a note of the date, Sunday, May 10. Tbeý1 are going te be in- 11 A Sure Sign of -Si iConservation Is 'ring iImportant .Itt in-,Scout A Two of the thonsandsof Gir Scouts usow roaming northern woods regady to welcomne returning mnigrants. "Sce the buffthroat and black. crescent!' IMs the first .neadou'lark," cries the sharp-eyed girl wcith the bird-;book, wvhlle her chun tries to identif y it with field glasses.______________ ter Letivity Plant and animal, wind and water, minerai and mtal-they ail have their uses. But it is the tree which keeps the earth itself fertile, pro- tects our animais, gives us shade'in sunimer, fuel in witer, supplies wood for Our bhouses and puts coal in' our. mines.. Without. the tree the, earth would.be one vast Sahara. April begins. with Conservation Week- which is appropniately cele- brated by associations and club f ed- erations everywhere. For the Girl Scouts this is "Do your good turn to the tree1 work,"ý and there are many good turns to be done. Trees suifer-froffi diseases just'.as men do, and often thiey havre to be: thçir own doctors. But the* Girl Scout "tree-finder" can..teli by the leaves if this particular 'oak, for ex- ample, is suifening. Then if she does flot know the remedy ýfor 'the ailnient, she can write ber state. forester, park commissioner Or some other expert for help. Trees die of old age, bUt those who know the way c an easily produce new trees f rom. old, Small cuttings will in. some cases. soon become younig saplings. Buds properly grafted, know how to draw the sap 'even frômi trees. of a different species. Seeds corne f rom tree flowers and can be gathered and planted. A tin can or flower pot filled with moist isandy soit and kept in a warm win- dow wil help. seeds of such future, giants as' horse-chàestfluts and pines to 1sprout. .1Thé most spectac'ular way of cele-' brating Conservation Week is by havý- in" a ,tree-planting in some public place. Then an exampie is 'set the whose knowledge of nature lore is %.too limited. for thern to realize that a denuded landscape is a potential Idesert. Reforestation is part of the, incnecinth the first class And many of the intricate knots, tics, long before tney aiscoverea tne art re W. found th.e height of hitches. and bends invented by sea- o printing, used knots to keep tnaclc tesand the. wiadmlll by the. men, are bornowed by landsnién to of events; Iand in the sixtëéentli çen- of jour methods. W. are plan- help them ini work. The fisherman tury the Spanish conquercrs o! the. to go out very soon and work uses -cIever- knots to fasten bis fly- golden empire of Peru foundthere os ops. Yo« vatrolleader will bait or.book to the line. . e "braids" elaborat.eecords' çalie4t qquipus,, made yowbnthe dae is to be.. us nets, with .knots. The hamnik- *f coi or twinted wôëIl ffrff whicJhi 4r1b Tvop nekernefts tud kuots hit produèt. t ssended various short knottedl ords, like fringes. Colored cords were used in some of the quipus to indicate special facts. The. Peruvians had no 'knowiedge of writing in any form, and their knotted quipus were their onlyhitoricaýl records, and were, u#ed tonef resh, the memory of the histbrian as he pae.ssed on the- tales of older stôry-tellers. cd States Gover